MELA NOTES Journal of Middle Eastern Librarianship Number 86 (2013) ISSN 0364-2410 PUBLISHED BY THE MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION EDITOR REVIEW EDITOR Marlis J. Saleh Rachel Simon University of Chicago Princeton University OFFICERS OF THE MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION Sean Swanick, McGill University President, 2013-2014 Christof Galli, Duke University Past-President, 2012–2013 David G. Hirsch, UCLA Past-President, 2011-2012 Robin Dougherty, Yale University Vice-Pres./Program Chair, 2013-2014 William Kopycki, Lib. of Congress, Cairo Sec.-Treasurer, 2013-2016 Marlis J. Saleh, University of Chicago Editor, 2013-2016 Anaïs Salamon, McGill University Webmaster, 2012-2015 Evyn Kropf, U. Michigan MELANET-L List Manager, 2013-2016 Shayee Khanaka, UC Berkeley Member-at-large, 2012-2014 Michael Hopper, Harvard University Member-at-large, 2013-2015 MELA Notes is published once a year. It is distributed to members of the Association and subscribers. 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MELA NOTES Number 86 2013 CONTENTS ARTICLES JOCELYN HENDRICKSON AND SABAHAT ADIL A Guide to Arabic Manuscript Libraries in Morocco: Further Developments .................................................................. 1 NAWAZALI A. JIWA Addenda to Secondary Sources in Ismāʿīlī Studies: The Case of the Omissions ......................................................... 20 REVIEWS BRUSTAD ET AL.: Al-Kitaab fii taʿallum al-ʿArabiyya (part one): A textbook for beginning Arabic (Anaïs Salamon) ....................................................................... 102 SAEED: The World through the Eyes of Angels (Nancy Beygijanian)................................................................. 104 BOULLATA: Palestinian art: From 1850 to the present (Rebecca Gould) ....................................................................... 106 HIMMICH: A Muslim Suicide (Sumayya Ahmed) .................................................................... 109 KHATER: Embracing the Divine: Passion & Politics in the Christian Middle East (Paul Crego) ............................................................................. 111 MILANI: Words, not swords: Iranian women writers and the freedom of movement (Shahrzad Khosrowpour) ......................................................... 114 ii RINGER: Pious Citizens: Reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran (Nancy Beygijanian)................................................................. 117 Books Received for Review in MELA Notes .................................. 120 ANNOUNCEMENTS Obituary: Fawzi W. Khoury (1938–2013) ...................................... 121 Obituary: James W. Pollock (1922–2013) ...................................... 123 Obituary: Ibrahim Pourhadi (1917–2013) ...................................... 124 Librarian of the Year Award ........................................................... 126 Partington Award ............................................................................ 127 Atiyeh Award .................................................................................. 129 Atiyeh Award Essay ....................................................................... 130 Atiyeh Award Essay ....................................................................... 132 Atiyeh Award Essay ....................................................................... 136 ANNUAL MEETING 2012 Minutes and Reports ....................................................................... 138 A Guide to Arabic Manuscript Libraries in Morocco: Further Developments JOCELYN HENDRICKSON UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA SABAHAT ADIL UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO This article is a partial update to Jocelyn Hendrickson’s “A Guide to Arabic Manuscript Libraries in Morocco, with Notes on Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, and Spain,” published in the 2008 issue of MELA Notes.1 The present update is meant to append rather than to replace the Guide. In the past five years, a substantial number of new manuscript catalogues have been published, and a few Moroccan libraries have undergone notable changes. These developments will be reviewed below, based on information gathered in Morocco through June 2013.2 The standard disclaimer that appears in travel guides is no less relevant here; researchers should be aware that libraries may experience closures or policy changes at any time. Making prior contact to ensure access is recommended. 1 Jocelyn Hendrickson, “A Guide to Arabic Manuscript Libraries in Morocco, with Notes on Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, and Spain,” MELA Notes: Journal of Middle Eastern Librarianship 81 (2008): 15–88. 2 The authors would like to thank Sumayya Ahmed, Ahmed Binebine, Claire Gilbert, Mohammed Hinchi, Ariela Marcus-Sells, Hamid Moumou, Nour-Eddine Qaouar, Nozha Ben Saadoun, and David Stenner for their helpful comments and assistance. We would also like to express our gratitude to Fulbright IIE, the American Institute for Maghrib Studies, and the Harriet Winspear-Sheila Watson Fellowship for making this research possible. 2 MELA Notes 86 (2013) The Moroccan National Library, Rabat Al-Maktabah al-Waṭanīyah lil-Mamlakah al-Maghribīyah La Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc The National Library’s state-of-the-art facilities on Avenue Ibn Khaldoun, new as of the Guide’s initial publication, are now fully functional with a restaurant, popular open-air café, and a tram stop directly in front of the library. Morocco’s first National Archives have now been inaugurated in the space on Avenue Ibn Battouta formerly occupied by the manuscript reading room, and “La Source,” a private library opened in Rabat’s Ḥasan neighborhood in the early 1980s, has now moved into the National Library’s Annex adjacent to the Archives. Website, Hours, and Access The Library’s website (www.bnrm.ma), in French and Arabic, is the best source of information for current hours, access requirements, and contact information. The room containing microfilm readers and a service desk for manuscript catalogue and microfilm requests is called the espace chercheurs or faḍāʾ al-baḥth and is located on the right at the far end of the Library’s main entrance hallway. Note that the hours for manuscript requests are much shorter than the Library’s opening hours. At the time of writing, new library cards or renewals could only be requested M–F before noon. Cards require a day to a week for processing, are valid for one year, and cost 50 DH (general public), 100 DH (graduate students), or 150 DH (professors). Visitors may also obtain a free one-day pass. The website’s “Digital Library” now features a growing number of digitized manuscripts and lithographs as well as downloadable pdf copies of all nine manuscript catalogues produced to date, including the two new ones discussed below. The National Library’s online catalogue now includes most, but not all, of its manuscript holdings. Searches for Arabic materials must be conducted through the catalogue’s Arabic interface as the French and Arabic databases remain distinct. Catalogues The National Library has published the eighth and ninth volumes of its catalogue series, covering fully the two collections formerly HENDRICKSON AND ADIL: Libraries Developments 3 owned by Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥajwī and Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Kattānī: 8. Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʿArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Maktabah al-Waṭanīyah lil-Mamlakah al-Maghribīyah: al-mujallad al- thāmin, majmūʿat Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥajwī (raṣīd ḥarf al-Ḥā’). [Rabat]: Al-Maktabah al-Waṭanīyah lil-Mamlakah al- Maghribīyah, 2009. 537 pp. This volume covers the former library of Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥajwī (1874–1956), a prominent Moroccan intellectual who held a number of government posts, including Minister of Education, under the French protectorate. Al-Ḥajwī’s collection, represented by the letter Ḥā’ in the card catalogue, includes a substantial number of his own writings, including finished works, drafts, lectures, and notes in such fields as Islamic law, history, education, travel, literature, and economics. The catalogue has 545 entries, with individual entries for each title contained within a “group” and for each copy of the same title held by the library. Entries are arranged alphabetically within 37 subject areas. The collection is especially strong in Islamic law, history, and biography. The catalogue concludes with author, title, and copyist indices, and a reference bibliography. This volume can be purchased or consulted at the National Library and is available in international libraries. 9. Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʿArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Maktabah al-Waṭanīyah lil-Mamlakah al-Maghribīyah: al-mujallad al- tāsiʿ, majmūʿat Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Kattānī (raṣīd ḥarf Jīm Kāf). [Rabat]: Al-Maktabah al-Waṭanīyah lil-Mamlakah